Endovascular repair of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the common iliac artery.

R Mofidi, R Bhat, J Nagy, G D Griffiths, S Chakraverty, East of Scotland Vascular Network

Department of Vascular Surgery and Radiology, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee DD1 9SY, UK. rmofidi@doctors.net.uk

Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 2007 Sep-Oct

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This report describes the case of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the left common ilia c artery, successfully treated with endovascular stent-grafting. A 64-year-old woman underwent diagnostic coronary angiography complicated by an infected hematoma of the left groin. Seven days later, she developed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus septicemia and CT scan evidence of perivascular inflammation around the left common iliac artery. This was followed by rupture of a mycotic aneurysm of the left common iliac artery. The lesion was successfully treated with a stent-graft and prolonged antibiotic therapy, and the patient remains free of infection 10 months later. Accumulating evidence suggests that endovascular repair can be used safely for the repair of ruptured infected aneurysms.

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R Mofidi, R Bhat, J Nagy, G D Griffiths, S Chakraverty, East of Scotland Vascular Network. Endovascular repair of a ruptured mycotic aneurysm of the common iliac artery. Cardiovascular and interventional radiology. 2007 Sep-Oct;30(5):1029-32